Union overalls



Oct. 2, 1928. 1,686,411

c. s. KOHLER ET AL UNION OVERALLS Filed March 1928 Patented Oct. 2, 1928.

: UNITED sures PATENT orrics.

CLAUDE sxonnnn AND MAX n. orrrsa, or new onrinans, Louisiana.

UNION OVERALLS.

nApplieation filedrMarch 7, 1928. seriainoQzsas iez The present invention relates to improvements. in overalls, and has for an object to provide aniimproved one-piece garment embodying a shirt with v. trousers attached, so

that the garment will appear as anordinary two-piece garments consisting of a: separate shirt and trousers making a much neatera-nd more :dressy fit when used by work people,

avoiding the unsightly appearance of the 1 shirt working away and'out of the waistband of the trousers, which always results in an ungainly, unsightly and sloppy appearance.

.Another object of the invention is to produce a 'onespiece garment which willafford more economical means of laundering, re-

.rzsulting from the econom-y on the part of the llpublie laundriesto handle one-piece gar .ments cheaperrthan those made in two or i more pieces. i

'Itis a'further object ofthe invention to provide an improved garment of this character'whioh is subject to adjustment and is provided withan improved adjustable tab or tabs on the waist band, which is designed to :permit the 'user :to purchase a garment a il'ittlesfull forhim inorder to permit of necessaryshrinkage that takes place in all work garmentswherethe fabric employed must, rout of necessity'to meet the price demand, be 30. made up out of popular-priced materials, and gather this full garment in to the 'requislte size. i

VVith the vforegoing and other objects in view, the invention will be more fully described hereinafter, and'will be more particle -larly pointed out in the claims appended hereto. V

In the drawings, wherein like symbols "refer to :like or corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure '1 is a fragmentary front elevation -of an improved one-piece garment constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 isa side view of the same. 7 Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary side view of the-waist and tab portions, and

. Figure 4 is a horizontal section taken on i the line'4:4 in Figure 3.

Referring more particularly to the draw ho ings 5cles'ignates the shirt and'6 the trousers of the improved garment. Theshirt is preferably-of one material, for instance cambric and of one color while thetrousers are of a dlfferent material or'color, so "thatythe effect given is of a twospiece garment. However,

both the shirt 5' and trousers 6 are permanently joined together and for this purpose the waist band ofthe trousers is preferably comprised of two-sections, namely anouter. section 7 and an inner section 8.v Between these sections, the lower edge portion of the shirt 5 is introduced anda'ifiized, as sewing. Llnes of stitching 9 and 10 are. shown as passing through respectivelyzthe lower and upper edges of both plies or sections of the waist":

band and through theintermediate JOItlOHS of the shirt materiah, Preferably the shirt is gathered, as indicated, at l1. where it enters the waist band. This imparts to the garment a natural-andatt'ractive effect,- and it also serves to enable gathers-tobe-taken at proper points in'the'waist'band when theadjustment as to fullness ,of'the garmentis desired. It is to be noted in Figure 3 that, while gathers '11 are taken in the adjacent portions of the shirt .5, the trouser band is plain, smooth and un-L gathere'dexcept at portions shown to be engaged. by the tabs 12 and 13; These tabs are provided,;preferably in pairs, at the side portions of the garments, tab 12 extending to-l ward the front and the companionitab 13' extending-toward therear ofthe garment; The,

tabs are provided with oppositely inturned adjacent edges 14s and 15 and the tabs are securedto the waist band of the trousers as by the lines of stitching lGand' 17, passing through the doubledor folded portions 14 and15, and through the waist band. At their connected portions, the tabs are preferably 7 wide, and are shown to hea s of the same widthas of'the waist banchalthough this is not essential. The outer free portions of the elongated tabs are reduced in width and formlong, narrow tongues 18 and 19. .In-the' body portions ofthe tabsare provided button holes 20 and .21 and in the outermost portions of the tongues 18-:and19 are provided button holes 22and 23. Thebutton holes 20 andQl are preferably elongatedin a verticalydireca tion, and they are preferably offset from one another at different horizontalv positions;

while the outer button holes 22 and 23 are with advantage elongated i horizontal direction, H

The button holes and 21 are arranged However, when the tongues are disengaged to be engaged by buttons 24 and 25 sewed or otherwise secured to the waist band of the garment. In like manner other buttons 26 as shown in Figure 3, gathers 28, 29,36 and31- are produced in the waist band and, the fullness of the waist band. is to this. extent taken up. By undoing all four buttons at each side of the garment, ifduplicate sets of the tabs areprovided atopposite sides, the garment may be let out to its complete fullness. If the garment isonly to be taken in one notch or step, the button 24'may, for instance, be 'engaged'with'the button hole'20 of the tab 12 and the remaining button holes left diseng'ag'ed or unoccupied. By buttoning the tab 13 to the button 25-, a second notch 'or step maybe taken in; and in this way the garment band is subject to numerous adjustments in circumferential length, which will enable the garment to accommodate itself, when new to a wearer, who is obliged, on account of expected' shrinkagein the garment, to purchase originally a garment much too large for him.

By the use of the improved tabs the neat and attractive appearance of a well 'fitting'gar ment may be had from the outset.

It will be noted that the button hole 20 is spaced froni'the line of stitching 16, which distancebetween the buttons 24 and 26, even when the button 24 is engaged with the button hole 20." This provides a fullness of material in the waistband between the two buttons- 24 and 26, so that when the latter button is engaged in the button hole 22, as shown in Figure 3, the gathering-28 takes place ln'the waist band and the circumferential length of the waist band is to this extent reduced. Aft- ;er laundering and shrinkage, the button 26 mayv be disengaged and" the WViUSiZ- band.

stretchedout giving the garmentgreater fullness; The narrow tongues 18 and 19 will ad-, ,mit the fingers upon both sides thereof and enable same to-be easily manipulated in engaging and disengagingthe' buttons 26 and 27, and-the elongation ofthe'outerbutton holes in the horizontal, which'is also the direction of elongationof the tongues, enables the buttonsito-b'e engaged by anup ordown movement of the free ends of the tabs which will be found easiest to the fingers-of the user.

and rolled away from the waist band for the purpose of getting at and disengaging the buttons 24: and 25, the natural rolling motion of the tabs will be most effective upon the vertical elongated button holes 20 and 21 which can thereby beeasily engaged andundone.

The elongated abutting inner fiXed ends of the wide portions of the two-tabsreinforces and strengthens one another and the abutting arrangement of the tabs and the-extension of the same in opposite directions makes for a neat ap'pearance'in the garment. I

It is obvious that various changes and modifications may be made in the details of construction and design of the above specifically described embodiment of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof, such changes and modifications being restricted only by the scope of the following claims.-

WVhat is claimed is 2'- 1. A union garment comprising trousers having a waist bandv of inner and outer sections clamped about, and secured to,

g the lower gathered portion of said shirt, and

a pair of tabs secured at each side of said a shirt,

waistbandand each composed of inner, wide portions and outer narrow elongated tongues, the inner wide portions abutting together and having oppositely overlapped end portions folded in against the trouser band, lines of stitching passingthrough said tabs and the folded over end portions and also through the waist band, said tabs having relatively offset vertically elongated button holes upon the inner portions of the tabs and havinghorizontally elongated button holes at the outer tip portions of the tongues, and pairs of buttons secured to the waist band for engaging said button holes, a pair for engaging each tab, the inner buttons being spaced on the waist band from the points of attachment of the tabs at greater distance than the inner button holes from the same point of attachment,

each pair of buttons being spaced apart on the waist band at greater distance than between corresponding button holes on the tabs and tongues even when the inner buttons are engaged with the inner button holes. 2. An improved union garment comprising a shirt, trousers having awaist band aflixed to button holes at the outer tip portions'of the tongues, and pairs of buttons secured to the waist band for engaging said button holes, a pair for engaging each tab, the inner buttons being spaced on the Waist band from the points of attachment of the tabs at greater 5 distance than the inner button holes from the same point of attachment, each pair of buttons being spaced apart on the Waist band at greater distance than between corresponding button holes on the tabs and tongues even when the inner buttons are engaged With the 10 inner button holes. v

CLAUDE s. KOHLER. MAX N. KOHLER. 

